Issues With Classification

Created by: Hannah Proctor
Created on: 19-04-14 12:21

Multiple Manuals: Different countries, different criteria.

Leads to inconsistencies & low IRR. Motjabi & Nicholson - 50 pychiatriststs. Copeland - 2% of 194 UK vs 69% of 134 US. Beck - 4 psychiatrists agreed 54%.

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Construct Validity: SZ developed from opinions, no proven cause

Leads to misdiagnosis, Motjabi & Nicholson - bizarre delusions - subjective

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Aetiological Validity: No definitive cause, affects diagnosis. not scientifically valid

Hard to establish a common aetiology, Temporal Lobe Epilepsy symptoms similar to SZ, drugs.

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Cultural Differences: SZ diagnosed more in African-Americans, seeing visions is positive in one culture and SZ in another, ethnocentric bias affects accuracy and therefore validity

Clinicians over/underestimate problems in members of other cultures, Winter - psychotherapy, types of pyschiatrist

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Too Many Symptoms: Allerdyce (2006) symptoms do not define specific syndrome. Can have any combination of symptoms, classed as SZ

SZ can overlap w/ depression, etc. Ellason & Ross - DID more SZ symptoms than SZ's, suggest no single underlying cause.

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Positive Symptoms: Easily identifiable, exaggerated behaviours

Hallucinations, delusions, disorganised behaviour, catatonic motor behaviour

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Negative Symptoms: More difficult to identify, loss of normal funtioning

Affective flattening, Alogia, Avolition (Can be confused for symptoms of depression)

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Schizophrenia: 'A group of symptoms that are characterised as a loss of reality'.

Paranoid SZ - mostly positive, Disorganised SZ - both, Catatonic SZ - mostly negative.

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Leads to misdiagnosis, Motjabi & Nicholson - bizarre delusions - subjective

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Construct Validity: SZ developed from opinions, no proven cause

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Hard to establish a common aetiology, Temporal Lobe Epilepsy symptoms similar to SZ, drugs.

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Clinicians over/underestimate problems in members of other cultures, Winter - psychotherapy, types of pyschiatrist

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SZ can overlap w/ depression, etc. Ellason & Ross - DID more SZ symptoms than SZ's, suggest no single underlying cause.

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